Apple Motion 2 - Manual (Page 254)

254 Chapter 3 Basic Compositing
Overlapping midrange color values are darkened based on the color of the background
image. In areas where the background is lighter than the foreground, the background
image is darkened. In areas where the background is darker than the foreground, the
colors are inverted.
The order of two objects affected by the Subtract blend mode is important.
Darken
Darken emphasizes the darkest parts of each overlapping image. Whites in either
image allow the overlapping image to show through completely. Lighter midrange
color values become increasingly translucent in favor of the overlapping image, while
darker midrange color values below that threshold remain solid, retaining more detail.
The order of two objects affected by the Darken blend mode does not matter.
Boxes object on top Monkey object on top
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